The event was a thank you to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and others who supported a new $500,000 line item in which the producing theaters -- along with one presenting house (Torrington’s Warner Theatre) -- share in the annual $500,000 expenditure.

Also on hand was Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman; the governor’s wife, Cathy Malloy, who is CEO of the Greater Hartford Arts Council; deputy commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development, Kip Bergstrom;State Sen. Bob Duff and lobbyist Kevin Reynolds.

It was another opportunity to promote some impressive facts surrounding the producing theater’s impact on the state’s economy.

Now about that Connecticut Theater Trail for the state’s tourism office....